Queen's School GCSE results: Top ten students in the country
Girls at The Queen’s School were celebrating excellent GCSE results this week. Almost half of all pupils achieved at least 8 passes at A* or A, or better, with eleven students being awarded straight A* grades in 8 or 9 subjects.
Ten students also achieved the very special distinction of being congratulated by the examination board on gaining one of the top five marks in the country. Kate Bestow, Helen King, Rachael Lindsay and Rebecca Barritt of Chester, Tabatha Leggett of Holt, Ming-May Chung of Tarporley , Emily Tooke of Mold, Kate Bernie of Marford and Sophie Baker of Northop, achieved top marks in a number of subjects including French, Spanish, German, Biology and Religious Studies. Charlotte Meara of Thornton Hough was congratulated for her success in French, Spanish and English Literature.
With an overall A- C pass rate of 99.3%, 38% of all papers were awarded the top grade of A.
Headmistress Catherine Buckley said: ” This is an excellent set of results. These are very talented girls who have worked hard for their success. I congratulate them on such a superb achievement.”
Nationally, figures from the exam board stated that 63.3% of entries achieved grades of A* to C, while 19.5% got an A or A.
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The Queen’s School, Chester, Cheshire is one of the country’s leading independent schools offering the highest standard of education for girls from ages 4 – 18.
Since its foundation, The Queen’s School has always been a highly successful academic school. In the latest Government league tables published in January 2007, Queen’s was again ranked as the top school in Cheshire based on both GCSE and A/AS level results.
Academic success is only one aspect of life at Queen’s. The Queen’s School and its staff encourage all girls to participate in a wide range of extra-curricular activities; these include drama clubs, plays and musicals, cabaret evenings, choirs and orchestras, a variety of sports such as tennis, lacrosse, football, athletics and gymnastics as well as a science club, an equine club and the Friday club which involves girls helping in the community. There is also the chance to travel with the school on adventure holidays, foreign treks, scientific research expeditions, French and German exchanges and skiing trips.
Established by a group of prominent Chester citizens in 1878 as the Chester School for Girls, the school was renamed four years later by command of Queen Victoria and is proud to remain the only school in the country to have been granted the name The Queen’s School by royal decree. The school has a number of bursaries available to students. Mrs Catherine Buckley is the present headmistress of The Queen’s School. Mrs Felicity Taylor is head of the Lower School on Liverpool Road.
Past pupils include Beth Tweddle, Olympic Gymnast, Sarah Kelly founder of the UK’s Neuromuscular Centre for muscular dystrophy and Vivienne Faull, the first woman to become Dean of an English Cathedral.
Figures from the exam boards showed 19.5% of entries were graded A or A, up from 19.1% last year. There was a tiny fall in the national pass rate fell, with 98% of exams being marked A* to G, down from 98.1% last year. Girls continue to out-perform boys, but boys continue to catch up, with the gap narrowing by 0.6% in grades A* to C.
More than 600,000 students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are getting their GCSE results today.
More people are studying modern languages, such as Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Polish, with entries up 5.5% but fewer students are studying German and French. Exam entries in German were down 10.2% from last year and French fell 8.2%. There was also a fall in students taking history, with entries down 1.6%, while subjects such as media studies, business and statistics increased sharply.
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